It remains puzzling in the end, so it's difficult to overly praise it as is, but it's still an intriguing story albeit flawed. 5/10.
I'm actually not a fan of vampires, but as I was reading more of Kaoru Fujiwara's manga, I decided to read all of them.
This one completes it.
I'm confused as to how Cecil hypnotized herself and/or her brother to regain the memories of her past lives now that she's Kanna, and what's the internal meaning of why they love but kill each other repeatedly in reincarnations. Aside from the fact that their life is a flawed "loop" from Heaven which they somehow have a hint seeing that vision.
It's still occasionally common till this day that Kaoru Fujiwara's art blends in a non-dinstinct manner because it's difficult to recognize characters as different people sometimes.
Nogi/Simon having split personality disorder of three from trauma of dying was cool, but his "life" in the manga was abruptly short-lived after being killed by Kanna/Cecil which lead her to remember who she was.
So, his involvement was disappointing in the end. Seeing his doppelganger briefly before is interesting yet odd in how it's logical to this supernatural world.
Although, he did get his wish when he asked his sister to "free him of this world."
... It's just very anticlimactic to have the split personality killer quickly die after he's revealed to be the brother of Cecil.
Next to Cecil, Ren is even more perplexing.
As her brother stated, I think he's part of her curse of (her first) men who've raped her...
I wonder if it was her own doing through hypnotism afterwards or if it's originally all a part of her life which she simply utilized for survival.
Her original nonchalant attitude in hindsight is kinda strange as well.
The other characters, Lui and Maria weren't very meaningful at all in the end which ironically they point out to in the end as if they're not part of the story.
I personally felt that the cop was creepy in how he compliments a high school girl's (Kanna) attractiveness and seems to be overly concerned "romantically" to save her.
... Which maybe somehow ties again to her "curse" of attracting "perverts" as her brother said.
The cop's sudden bedridden daughter being the messenger to Ren of fate felt off, but the whole concept is cool even though this story isn't executed greatly.
Ren raping Cecil after he kills his father upon seeing her raped by him was disturbing, but it's all even more perplexing to me in hindsight when I try to think of a meaning to why that's her life.
It's weird to simply accept as a choice from a child in Heaven. I feel like there's another meaning or more to their relationship and that it should lead to peace eventually, but I guess not which is hard to accept.
As vampires who can live in the sun, seemingly without supernatural strength but hypnotism and mind reading was cool.
It's flawed but acceptable for how entertaining and intriguing it is. Not Kaoru's best work though, I think.
IMO, her top best are; The Night Fish* and Fetish.